The Speakeasy Espresso & Brew Bar is the second venture from the guys who brought us the Deptartment of Coffee and Social Affairs in Leather Lane. Chris McKie and Tim Ridley, who met at school in New Zealand, have an eye for paired down decor (bare brick walls, wooden floorboards) and a nose for good coffee. For them, coffee is an art form and they even run their own coffee school called the Coffeesmiths Collective where you can learn how to create the perfect brew. At the Speakeasy, in a quiet side street just off Carnaby Street, they've created the Espresso Bar upstairs and a Brew Bar downstairs where you can sample
three different coffees made using a variety of brewing methods - including the good old French Press (or plunger); proving that you don't have to invest in expensive equipment to get good coffee. They use their own Coffeesmiths Espresso Blend, updated four times a year, mixing estates to create
a blend with a good consistency year round. Their coffees, available in every type - latte, flat white, macchiato, filter - are accompanied by a range of food from muesli and croissants for breakfast to freshly made salads and sandwiches for lunch as well as a rather good gluten-free carrot cake for whenever you feel like it.

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